Bush: I'm fine with Cheney's book

In his first comments on Dick Cheney’s new memoir, former President George W. Bush said Thursday that he isn’t bothered by the book — which has angered at least two members of his administration.

Bush, who appeared on “Fox & Friends” while attending a charity golf event, said he won’t concern himself with the controversy “In My Time” has created among members of his former staff.

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“I’m glad members of my family are giving their version of what it was like to serve our country,” Bush said. “I did the same thing. I put my version out there. And eventually, objective historians will analyze our administration and will draw objective conclusions.”

In interviews, Cheney has been asked repeatedly if he thought the book would upset Bush because in some instances, the former vice president’s portrayal of events differs from the way the former president described them in his own book. For instance, Bush says in his book that he confidently made the decision to go to war in Iraq in a room full of advisers; Cheney writes that it didn’t happen that way — that Bush asked the advisers to leave the room and then turned to his vice president to ask him what he should do.

Both of his former secretaries of state, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, have said Cheney’s book takes “cheap shots” at them. The two have also challenged the way Cheney presented moments in their careers in the new book, which hit shelves Tuesday.